I'm an idiot

Me and my friend played house show for his family, and at the end we just began goofing off. He twirled his guitar around his shoulder, so I figured I'd try the same thing. Smooth move. I flung it around and the strap fell off, flinging my bass onto the drive way a couple of feet. Needless to say, damage was suffered. A big crack in the back finish, two big scratches in th back finish, bent a strap button screw, bent the G tuner and scratched the headstock, and pulled a wire from a pot. Here are the some pics for the heck of it.

Congrats! You now own your first beater bass. Nothing you do to it from this point on will make any difference. You don't have to worry about dinging it or letting other people play it. You now have a stress-free instrument. Enjoy it.

Well I am sorry about the bass, but like Dave said, you don't have to worry about messing it up any more.

Look on the bright side, you now have a:

1. Got a funny story to tell
2. A bass with battle scars or character (which you choose)
3. A free vintaging, Fender charges an extra 500 bucks for that kind of stuff

Think about this for a second, I know somebody who took a screwdriver and chisel to his one-day-old American Strat, just to make it vintage looking. It is now the ugliest guitar I have ever seen, with inch deep screwdriver holes and heavily chiseled edges, and doesn't cop the vintage look at all, believe or not it looks exactly like somebody took a screwdriver and chisel to it Makes what you did seem absolutely brilliant by comparision.

Bassist of legendary pop-punk band MxPx. He used to use a 1979 P-bass, which can be seen in their "I'm Ok, You're Ok" music video. Since then, I've wanted one like it. His picking style is a huge influence on my playing.